Anchor-plate for guys.



A. BEARSE.

ANCHOR PLATE FOR GUYS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11,

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

LVITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

beam, tie, etc.

non IBEARSE, or srnacusn, NEW YORK.

ANCHOR-PLATE FOR GUYS.

aeoaeea Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. ea, rare.

Application filed January 11, 1911. Serial No. 602,090.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AARON BEARSE, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Anchor-Plate for Guys, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has for its object a particularly simple and eificientmeans for securing guys to anchors therefor; and it consists inthecombinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, illustrating my inventionas applied to a guy for a pole. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the lower endof the guy, and the means for securing such end to the anchor, theanchor being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a plan of said means. Fig. 4 isa sectional view taken diagonally through the part shown in Fig. 3.

1 is a guy here shown as fixed at its upper end to a pole 2, and ashaving a threaded rod 3 at its lower end for attachment to the anchor 4,which is usually a The rod 3 is connected to the major part of the guyby a swivel which permits turning of the rod. 7

The means for securing the guy or rod 3 thereof to the anchor, as hereshown comprises a memberhaving an opening, and

means for holding a nut alined with the opening, and preventing the samefrom turning, said nut receivlng the lower end of the threaded rod 3.

As here shown said member is a sheet metal bearing plate 5 having acentral opening 6, and ears 7 struck therefrom on opposite sides of theopening, the plate also having prongs 8 formed by folding diagonallyopposite corners at a right angle to the general plane of the plate 5,these prongs entering the under side of the anchor 4c.

9 is a nut arranged between the ears 7 and being locked from turningmovement thereby, such nut receiving the lower end of the rod 3 whichpasses through the anchor 4, the opening 6 of the plate 5, and threadsinto the nut 9. In use the plate 5 is first placed in position on theanchor and the threaded rod 3 passed through the anchor and plate andthe nut 9 turned on the rod, and the rod moved endwisely to place thenut 9 between the ears 7 of the bearing plate. The guy may be tightenedby turning the rod 3 in the nut 9. Thus the nut performs the function ofa turn buckle.

Thismeans for securing guys to anchors is particularly simple inconstruction and of great advantage, for the reason that it can bequickly applied to miscellaneous assortment of anchors.

What I claim is:

In combination, a guy having a threaded swiveled rod at one end, ananchor, and

means for securing the rod to the. anchor comprising a rod extendingthrough the anchor and extending below the lower face thereof, a nutthreading on the rod, a plate, interposed between the nut and the anchorand having means coacting with the anchor to hold said plate fromturning and means for holding the nut, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in theState of New York, this 30th day of December, 1910.

' AARON BEARSE.

Witnesses:

WM. CORNELL BLANDING, C. C. SCHOENECK.

